Effective Scatterer Diameter Estimates for Broad Scatterer Size Distributions
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasonic Imaging
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0161-7346,1096-0910
DOI: 10.1177/0161734614534399